NASA OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is currently on its way to Earth to deliver the samples it collected from the surface of asteroid Bennu. Scientists revealed that the spacecraft will arrive on Earth on Sunday (September 24). This is indeed a historic mission as it remains the first time NASA is returning a material collected from an …
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio just completed 365 days in space on September 21st, 2023. This milestone made Rubio the first American entire year in space. The astronaut arrived at the International Space Station on Sept. 21, 2022. Ever since then, he has been on several record-breaking missions including conducting dozens of scientific experiments that have …
On the quest to provide fresh food for the crew in orbit, China’s Shenzhou 16 astronauts have been growing a space garden in low Earth orbit. The mission commander Jing Haipeng and rookie Astros Zhu Yangzhu and Gui Haichao have been planting vegetables in space as part of their science experiment tasks on the Tiangong …
NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex mission has been on a mission to collect asteroid samples and return them safely to Earth. However, as the space probe reached the asteroid Bennu region, it discovered a celestial body that appeared and behaved differently from what researchers earlier suggested. Hence, the OSIRI-REx mission was nearly caught by surprise by the space …
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On September 18, 1977, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft captured the first image of Earth and the moon from a distance more than 7 million miles away from Earth. The entire world celebrated this milestone as it remains the first real image of Earth moon system captured in a single frame. The Interstellar explorer captured this …
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To take space exploration to another phase, NASA has partnered with a small robotic company in Texas to advance its decades of work in developing humanoid robots. The agency hopes that these advanced robots may be sent to orbit or land on planets to assist the astronauts with their tasks on the surface of any …
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The human body cannot do without sleep. Hence, astronauts in space still have to sleep in the weightless environment of space to regain their strength after engaging in complex daily tasks. However, unlike Earth where we can jump onto our bed and get a good sleep, astronauts in space are mandated to follow certain guidance …
While the first human ancestors could not travel out of Earth and explore the Stars, Virgin Galactic just took two fossilized bones of ancient humans into space for the first time. The commercial space agency flew fossils of human ancestors aboard Virgin Galactic’s third commercial spaceflight on September 8. Why did Virgin Galactic take the …
The quest to find life on Mars has remained one of the top priorities of space agencies on the red planet. However, despite the numerous efforts made by space agencies on the red planet, they have yet to find any evidence of alien life on Mars. In a recent study, a scientist claimed that NASA …
Galactic Energy, a Beijing-based private space company successfully launch satellites from the sea for the first time following the latest launch of its Ceres-1 rocket, a statement from the South China Morning Post (SCMP) announces. The solid-fuel rocket took off from a mobile platform off the coast of Eastern Shandong province at 5:34 pm local time on …
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